Been sick at home with a major cold since Tuesday. My hubby fixed a wonderful chicken soup for me and though it didn't mak me healthy again, it sure gave me some of my energy back. Now I am mostly exhausted from all the medicine so this week is about staying in bed sleeping, watching old Flintstones DVD's and playing with the IPad.
Hope u feel better, Wil.

I managed to go eighteen whole months without getting sick, but sometime in the last week or so, something worked its way into my sinuses, and it's been kicking my ass for the last 48 hours. For most of the last week, I've been waking up in the morning with an intensely sore throat and painful, ...

About two hours ago, I thought to myself, "'There's a monster in my closet' would be a neat way to start out one of those scary short stories I loved to read when I was in middle school." I wrote it down, then wrote a little more and a little more. Right around the time I realized I had no idea ...

Thanks for your thoughts and insight into your working process, Wil. It has given me a lot to think about and helped me return to my own story development for my novel. I hope you were able to continue working on your story, too. :-)

I'm having a great time writing this thing that I can't get too specific about, but I'm severely blocked on today's work, so I thought I'd talk about writing instead of writing, in the hopes that it shakes up my brain and lets me get back to writing. When I write fiction, the first thing I do is...

I have to say that while being the same age as you, Wil, I only discovered my interest in Apple products since the IPod first was introduced. I had two IPods, now an IPad2 and an IMac. I love working with Apple products and though not everything they do is good and not every product works for me, I love the overall experience of working with those devices. Thus, this is indeed a sad day and sad news. Thanks for sharing your story, Wil!

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intu...

10 years?? Wow. I am reading your blog since before you went "in exile" but it took me a long time to comment after that. Congrats and Wil, I think we have to thank you for sharing your thoughts in this blog. It is always fun to read and I love coming here. Keep going! :-)

So, while I'm putting together the last few things I need to take to PAX, I realized I forgot to mention something: ten years ago yesterday, I started my blog at WWdN*. Ten years ago today, Metafilter declared that it was "lame,"** and most of the Internet was really shitty to me about the whole...

So io9 did this thing called the 10 Suckiest Fake Video Games That People Play In Science Fiction. Spoiler Alert: The Game from, uh, The Game is number one. 1) Suckdisk from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Actually, we don’t remember this game having an actual name on the show, but “suckdisk” f...

I am stunned that its been 25 years! I do love that movie to this day and I do remember clearly when it first came out. 25 years? Wow.
Very touching words, Wil! I think many of us who grew up with that movie, other Rob Reiner movies, other River Phoenix movies and all that stuff feel very sentimental now. Great times, never to be forgotten!

Twenty-five years ago today, on my future wife's 17th birthday, a movie I did called Stand By Me was released. I didn't know it at the time, but it would define my childhood and change my life. Here are a few things I wanted to share, to mark the occasion. I talked to NPR last week about Stand B...

You know, those are the kinda moments and stories between a child and a parent that that child will remember and take with them for the rest of their lives, probably tell their own children later on in life. I loved reading it. Thanks, Wil.

I walked down the hallway toward the guest room, and started talking before I got to the door. "Hey, I just looked at my calendar, and I miscalculated when we should bottle our beer." I stepped off the wood floor of the hallway and onto the soft carpet we just had installed. I involuntarily squi...

During w00tstock last week, I mentioned that I was turning 38 this week. After the show, Anne told me that I was, in fact, turning 39. In the few seconds that it took me to do some math, I lost a year of my life. Apparently, this is the sort of thing that happens when you get to be my age, which...

I imagine that must have been scary and uncomfortable for you. I am a Trekkie for some 20-something years now, I don't collect the autographs (in fact, I often give them to other people). I always liked the panels most where I can listen to you guys answering questions, sharing stories etc. and as for the autograph sessions, you are absolutely right, it is about those few seconds where you can exchange a word or two or a smile.

Pretty much all of Comicon was awesome. However, there was one thing that was decidedly not awesome, and though I had initially decided not to talk about it in public, it's bothered me since it happened, so I wrote about it on G+ earlier today. I'm cross posting it here, though, because it's imp...

Ryan is going to be 22 at the end of the month. For those of you who have been here since I wrote the 13 on 31 post, you now know how I feel every single day. The rest of you can get off my lawn before I call your parents. So the other day, he and I were having a beer together, and Ryan said, "W...

At least your cat places the poop in the litter box.
Mine jumped out of the box in the midst of doing his business there, leaving some of his poop across the floor and ending his ordeal by wiping his butt across our living room carpet. Afterwards he walked around letting me know that he felt, somebody has made a mess and the "staff" is not fast enough at cleaning it all up. That is cats for ya!
I enjoyed the post! Also am enjoying to read more new post these past few days! Keep'em coming!

There is a tree near my house, that has probably been there for years, just doing its tree thing, watching patiently as families come and go, empires rise and fall, and Isengard is flooded. I'm sure it's a beautiful tree, cheerfully trading carbon dioxide for oxygen, providing shade, and most li...

Oooh I love that story! But then I am part of the cat staff community. My two little lions here wake me at 5 AM EVERY DAY and even if I pretend I don't hear their meows or "enjoy" soaking in some of their fishy breath or mind the fact that they jump on my bladder, they are relentless. And I love them for it!
Are you still working on a follow-up to "Hunter"? I loved it!

Thank you to everyone who commented on my last post. I had no idea so many new readers were visiting my blog; I'd just assumed that the Internet had gotten bored with me, moved on to whatever the new hotness is, and I was writing for the few, the proud, the geeky who had been here forever. Knowi...

Hey Wil,
I read Memories of the Futurecast on my Ipad and it was such a treat in many ways.
First of all, TNG is what made me love Star Trek more than any other show. Even with those first rather weak episodes where the show and the cast had to find its place, I feel very nostalgic. I have read a lot about the series and I don't dare mentioning how often I watched it. Your book has given the whole experience a new layer, humorous, heartfelt and just a description that I as a reader could identify with and feel connected to. You are right with many of the rather critical, yet amusing, insights you give but you don't make it sound like you wanna diss the show. That is just great. And the background stories you tell from behind the scenes are a joy.
To me, that book - and I soaked it in in two days - was a trip down memory lane with someone who loves Trek, someone who has experienced it and does not take the whole thing too serious. Plus, I am pretty much your age, so for me it is also a trip back to the days when I was young ... er!
Very much anticipating the next one!
Nicole

A few things before I forget: 1. Memories of the Future Volume 1 is available for your Kindle. It's also at Kindle.uk, and Kindle.de. It's temporarily out of the iBooks store, but I'll get that fixed in a few days. Hey, if you liked it, would you leave a review? 2. Yes, I'm working on Memories o...

Hi Wil,
I just finished reading HUNTER and must say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. I very much hope that the overall response to this has been positive and gets you inspired to write more and post the story's continuation through your website bit by bit! :-)
Hope to see you at Fed Con in Germany!
Nicole

Hunter is a short Sci-Fi story set in a dark and desperate world. It is just about 2500 words, which is about the length of a story you'd read in a magazine. I'm not really sure what the appropriate cost is, so I'm experimenting with the Pay What You Want model that seems to be working really we...